How to Make an Intro to Your Video

Weather you post videos one sites like YouTube every other day or every other month, a good intro can keep your video looking professional. Here is a simple free guide that will make it look as though you spent months on your video.

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Click on 'Create Video' at the top. Then in the middle it will ask you for a video type, choose 'animoto short'.

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Now you'll need to get about 15 to 20 pictures that represent your company, blog, or theme of your videos. You can either upload them from your computer or choose from the wide variety that animoto provides for you.

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Next you have to choose some music that will play in the background of your video. Animoto also provides you for some or you can upload from your computer.

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Now you can edit your soundtrack info. If you took music from animoto's library, then you won't be able to edit this.

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Choose your speed and video cover screen.

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Add a title and a small description of your video. This will appear in the bottom left corner of your video during the first few seconds of it.

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Now you'll have to wait for the video to be created for you. This can take anywhere from five to fifteen minutes.

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Once it's finished, you'll notice that you cannot download the movie for free. So we will have to "trick" animoto into letting us download the movie. Click on the fifth square from the left, this will allow you to post your video on YouTube.

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Click 'Continue' in the middle of the screen.

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Now click 'Allow Acess' to allow animoto to post your video on to YouTube.

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Choose the video category and tags for your video. Then click 'Export'.

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It will tell you that your video is being loaded on to YouTube. Open another internet window and go to your YouTube channel. Keep refreshing every few minutes until you see your video.

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Now we have to download the video from YouTube. To do this, copy the URL of your video on YouTube. Now go to mediaconverter.com.